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Where does “talugh” come from?

talugh (Middle English) comes from Old English tealh, from Proto-Germanic talgaz, from Proto-Indo-European del- — to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,...

Ancestry of “talugh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishtealh—
2Proto-Germanictalgaztallow
3Proto-Indo-Europeandel-to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,...

Words derived from “talugh”

  • tallow
  • tallowy
  • tallowing
  • tallowiness
  • tallowwood
  • tallowish
  • tallower
  • sodium tallowate
  • tallowless
  • betallow
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